Press release for drug misuse death statistics: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
The first draft of the press release where Neil Gray comments on the drug misuse deaths statistics for 2023 and all subsequent drafts until the final version was approved and sent.
Please provide the full correspondence starting from the date on which the first draft was written, include all comments and feedback from those involved in the drafting process up until the press release was published on the Scottish Government website on 20 August 2024 at 9.40am.
Response
I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested in PDF format.
An exemption(s) under section(s) s.38(1) (b) of FOISA applies to all the information you have requested. This concerns personal data.
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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
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Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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